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Scotland
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
7th to 5th |
Colours |
Dark blue shirts with white collars and white
shorts, dark socks with
white trim. |
Captain |
Jimmy Gordon |
Selection |
The Scottish
Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members |
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team chosen in Glasgow, on Monday, 30 March 1914, following the
interleague match. |
Scotland
Lineup |
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Brownlie, James |
28 |
15 May 1885 |
G |
Third Lanark FC |
16 |
11ᵍᵃ |
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McNair, Alexander |
31 |
24 December 1882 |
RB |
The Celtic FC |
12 |
0 |
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Dodds, Joseph |
26 |
14 July 1887 |
LB |
The Celtic FC |
3 |
0 |
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Gordon, James E. |
25 |
23 July 1888 |
RH |
Rangers FC |
7 |
0 |
 |
Thomson, Charles Bellany |
35 |
12 June 1878 |
CH |
Sunderland AFC, England |
21 |
4 |
final app
1904-14 |
|
Hay, James |
33 |
12 December 1880 |
LB |
Newcastle United FC, England |
11 |
0 |
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Donaldson, Alexander P. |
23 |
4 December 1890 |
OR |
Bolton Wanderers FC, England |
3 |
0 |
 |
McMenemy, James |
30 |
23 August 1880 |
IR |
The Celtic FC |
11 |
5 |
 |
Reid, William |
nk |
not known |
CF |
Rangers FC |
9 |
4 |
|
Croal, James A. |
28 |
27 July 1885 |
IL |
Falkirk FC |
3 |
0 |
|
Donnachie, Joseph |
28/29 |
1885 |
OR |
Oldham Athletic AFC, England |
3 |
1 |
reserves: |
not known |
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2-3-5 |
Brownlie - McNair, Dodds - Gordon, Thomson, Hay -
Donaldson, McMenemy, Reid, Croall,
Donnachie. |
Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals |
9.0 |
1.3 |
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England
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st to 2nd |
Colours |
White
collared jerseys and navy blue shorts |
Captain |
Bob Crompton |
Selection |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
P last of 21, W 11 - D 5 - L 5 - F 34 - A 24. |
P 88 of 195, W 62 - D 16 - L 10 - F 289 - A
83. |
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team chosen at 42 Russell Square,
London, on Monday, 30 March 1914. |
England
Lineup |
|
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eight changes to the previous match (Hardy, Crompton & Shea
remain) |
league position (30th March) |
ave FL pos:
8th¹⁰ |
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Hardy, Sam |
30 |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 3rd) |
18 |
18ᵍᵃ |
most gk apps |
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Crompton, Robert |
34 190 days |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 TOP) |
41 |
0 |
most apps 1909-14 |
final app
1902-14 |
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Pennington, Jesse |
30 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL1 4th) |
23 |
0 |
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Sturgess,
Albert |
31 165 days |
21 October
1882 |
RH |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 17th) |
2 |
0 |
final app
1911-14 |
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McCall, Joseph |
27 |
6 July 1886 |
CH |
Preston North End FC
(FL1 BOTTOM) |
3 |
1 |
|
McNeal,
Robert |
23 79 days |
15 January 1891 |
LH |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL1 4th) |
2 |
0 |
final app
1914 |
382 |
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Walden, Frederick I. |
26 34 days |
1 March 1888 |
OR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL1 12th) |
1 |
0 |
second Spurs player to represent
England |
 |
Fleming, Harold
J. |
26 339 days |
30 April 1887 |
IR |
Swindon Town FC
(SL1 TOP) |
11 |
9 |
the last Town player to represent England |
final app
1909-14 |
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Hampton, J. Henry |
28 348 days |
21 April 1885 |
CF |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 3rd) |
4 |
2 |
final app
19-14 |
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Smith,
Joseph |
24 |
25 June 1889 |
IL |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL1 2nd) |
3 |
1 |
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Mosscrop,
Edwin |
24 292 days |
16 June 1889 |
OL |
Burnley FC
(FL1 10th) |
2 |
0 |
final app
1914 |
reserves: |
Rev. Kenneth Hunt (Crystal Palace FC
(SL1 2nd)
&
Oxford City FC) and
's
Vivian Woodward (Chelsea FC
(FL1 9th)). |
team notes: |
For the first time, England and Scotland are playing a 'dead rubber'
match, that is, neither side can effectively change the outcome of
this season's campaign. |
appearance notes: |
Bob Crompton
ends his England career as top record appearance holder, a record held
since 1909. Jesse Pennington is the fifth player to have made 23
appearances, whereas record appearance holder for a goalkeeper, Sam
Hardy, is the tenth to make eighteen, and Harold Fleming is the 23rd
to make eleven. One hundred players have now made
at least four England appearances, with Harry Hampton the latest
addition to the list. 43 players have played more than twice, whereas
225 have played more than once.
Crompton is also the first player to make 41 appearances under the
guidance of the ISC, and Jesse Pennington is the third to make 23. |
goalscoring notes: |
Harold Fleming is the ninth player to score nine England goals. |
records: |
England's tenth competitive defeat at the hands of Scotland. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy - Crompton, Pennington - Sturgess, McCall, McNeal - Walden, Fleming, Hampton, Smith,
Mosscrop. |
Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals |
10.0 |
1.1 |
England teams
v. Scotland: |
1913: |
Hardy |
Crompton |
Pennington |
Brittleton |
McCall |
Watson |
Simpson |
Fleming |
Hampton |
Holley |
Hodkinson |
1914: |
Sturgess |
McNeal |
Walden |
Smith |
Mosscrop |
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Match Report
The x |
Match Report
The Times, Monday,
6 April 1914 |
Before a crowd of 110,000 people, Scotland beat England
on Saturday by three goals to one. Although extra stands and extra
banking have been added to Hampden Park since last year, the gates had
to be closed before the game started, and thousands were turned away
disappointed. Getting to the ground was a matter of the utmost
difficulty. Hampden Park is some four miles out of Glasgow, and to walk
there would take the keen edge off the appetite for the game. Trams were
quite hopeless unless one was prepared to fight one's way in and risk a
broken ankle from a slammed door. To take a lady by train was
impossible. Every taxicab and horse-cab in Glasgow was engaged by 12
o'clock in the morning. Many people only got to the ground by walking
half-way and snatching up conveyances as they came back. Hundreds arriving after the gates were shut climbed the
hill which faces the grand-stand and watched the game from there. "
Watched the game " is a polite fiction, for the people on the hill could
only see the ball when it was kicked very high ; the players themselves
they could not catch a glimpse of. Some mental telepathy, however,
seemed to pass between them and the spectators in the grand-stand ; and
apparently they enjoyed the game almost as much as if they were really
seeing it all. They could hear the roar that came up from the crowd when
a goal was scored, but until some sign was given from the grand-stand,
they could have no notion which side had scored. Whether it was a
brilliant shot, a weak save, or a back putting the ball through his own
goal they had no human chance of knowing. Yet there they stood and
apparently enjoyed themselves. " What fools these mortals be," said
Puck. But some forms of madness are good for a nation. As for the crowd inside the ground, it was a sight to
see and never forget. The huge bank opposite the grand-stand was a misty
sea of faces, lit up occasionally as the sun struck on them, but mostly
a blurred colourless white like baby balloons. Faces and caps, faces and
caps, not even a shoulder to be seen behind the front row. From far off
the crowd of faces looked like the " hundreds and thousands " of our
childhood, dusted on a huge oblong with a green rectangle for a centre.
In " The Little White Bird," J. M. Barrie writes that the Baby Walk is
so full of perambulators that you could cross from side to side stepping
on babies, but the nurses won't let you do it." On Saturday you could
have walked round the ground stepping on heads ; but the police would
not have let you do it. There was no championship at stake on Saturday, the
Association Championship had been annexed by Ireland already. But as in
the Calcutta Cup at Rugby football, so at Association, the game of the
year is that between England and Scotland ; other internationals pale
before the great game, which is really rather a pity. It was the fastest game between England and Scotland
since the A.F.A. and the F.A. quarrelled... ...A corner followed to Scotland, and, from another,
Thomson scored with a long shot. Pennington was responsible for the
goal, for he crossed Hardy as the shot was made and unsighted him. This
was just four and a half minutes from the start... A foul against Thomson in the middle of the ground led
up to England's one goal. Crompton took the kick ; Smith trapped it
cleverly and passed across to Fleming, who rushed the ball through... ...After six minutes M'Menemy shot in from only a few
yards out, Hardy having no chance to save. The defence seemed to leave
M'Menemy severely alone, each, apparently, expecting some one else to
take the man while they looked on. A quarter of an hour later M'Menemy
hit the bar with a grand shot ; the ball came out softly to Reid, who
scored very easily...
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In Other News....
It was on 5 April
1914 that the Baronet of Coombe in Sussex, Sir John Shiffner died whilst
cleaning a gun, when it went off, killing him instantly. |
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England |
Domestic
Football Results (4 April 1914) |
The Football
League Division One:
Aston Villa 1 Newcastle United 3
Villa Park, Birmingham (17,000)
Wallace (pen)
~ Shepherd (2), Wilson |
Villa were without Sam Hardy and Harry Hampton, but did
start with Charlie Wallace |
United were without Jimmy Hay,
but did start with Colin Veitch, Billy Hibbert and Albert Shepherd |
Blackburn Rovers 3 Bolton Wanderers 2
Ewood Park, Blackburn (25,000)
Latheron, Dawson, Shea
~ Lillycrop (2) |
Rovers were without Bob Crompton, but did start with
Arthur Cowell, Billy Bradshaw, Jock Simpson, Danny Shea and Eddie
Latheron |
Wanderers were without Joe Smith and
Alex Donaldson |
Bradford City 0 Chelsea 0
Valley Parade, Bradford
(10,000) |
City started with Dickie Bond |
Chelsea were without Vivian Woodward, but did start with
Harold Halse |
Derby County 4 Manchester United 2
Baseball Ground, Derby
(7,000)
Barnes (2),
Leonard, Scattergood-(gk) (pen) ~ Anderson, Travers |
County started with Ernie Scattergood and Frank Buckley |
Everton 2 West Bromwich Albion 0
Goodison Park, Liverpool
(21,000)
Clennell, Parker |
Everton started with Frank Jefferis |
Albion were without Jesse Pennington and Bobby McNeal |
Manchester City 2 Oldham Athletic 1
Hyde Road, Ardwick
(28,000)
Jones (2)
~ Walters |
Oldham were without Joe
Donnachie, but did start with Hugh Moffat, Charlie Roberts
and George Woodger |
Middlesbrough 4 Preston North End 1
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (11,000)
Healey, Elliott
(2 (1 pen)), Tinsley
~ Kennedy |
Boro started with Tim Williamson and George Elliott |
North End were without Joe McCall |
Sheffield United 5 Burnley 0
Bramall Lane, Sheffield (18,000)
Kitchen, Fazackerley
(2), Gillespie (2) |
United were without Albert Sturgess, but did start with
George Utley and Robert Evans |
Burnley were without Eddie Mosscrop, but did start with
Billy Watson and Tommy Boyle |
Sunderland 0 The Wednesday 1
Roker Park, Sunderland (12,000)
McLean |
Sunderland were without Charlie
Thompson, but did start with Frank Cuggy, Jackie Mordue,
Charlie Buchan, George Holley and Harry Martin |
Wednesday started with Tom Brittleton |
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Liverpool 0
White Hart Lane, Tottenham (19,800) |
Spurs were without Fanny Walden |
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Blackburn wrapped up their second title in three
years, six days later, on Good Friday. |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Barnsley 0 Notts County 1
Oakwell, Barnsley (13,000)
Flint |
County started with Bert Morley |
Blackpool 0 Clapton Orient 0
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (3,500) |
Bury 0 Bradford 0
Gigg Lane (5,561) |
Fulham 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
Craven Cottage, Fulham
(10,000) Pearce |
Grimsby Town 0 Birmingham 2
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
(8,000)
A.W.Smith (2) |
Huddersfield Town 0 Stockport County 2
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
(5,000)
Gault, Rodgers |
Hull City 0 Leicester Fosse 0
Anlaby Road, Hull
(7,000) |
Lincoln City 1 Glossop 5
Sincil Bank, Lincoln
(3,000)
Robson
~ H.Stapley (2), Henderson (2), Thompson |
Nottingham Forest 2 Leeds City 1
City Ground, Nottingham
(5,000)
Derrick, Harris
~ Law |
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Woolwich Arsenal 1 Bristol City 1
Manor Ground, Plumstead
(12,000)
Winship
~ Brown |
Arsenal started with Bob Benson and Jock Rutherford |
City started with Billy Wedlock |
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Seven days later, Notts County's target of immediate
promotion back to the First Division was achieved when they secured the Second
Division Championship. They were accompanied into the top flight by Bradford,
who secured a first ever promotion by nine-hundredths of a goal from Woolwich
Arsenal. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
Scottish FA England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International
Record Andy Mitchell's The Men Who Made Football |
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Rothman's Yearbooks The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts |
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